Top 100 Documentaries

1. Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1986)
2. In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
3. Nanook of the North (1922)
4. Berlin: Shymphony of a Grat City (1927)
5. Living Russia, or The Man with a Camera (1929)
6. Land Without Brad (1933)
7. The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
8. Night Mail (1936)
9. Triumph of the Will (1935)
10. Night and Fog (1955)
11. Primary (1960)
12. Zeitgeist (2007, 2008, 2011)
13. The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
14. Jaguar (1967)
15. Titicutt Follies (1967)
16. The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
17. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
18. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
19. The Atomic Cafe (1982)
20. The Universe (2007-Present)
21. Black Gold (2006)
22. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
23. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
24. A Brief History of Time (1991)
25. Broken Rainbow (1985)
26. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
27. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
28. Capturing Reality (2008)
29. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
30. The Celluloid Closet (1995)
31. The Civil War (1990)
32. Crumb (1994)
33. Devil's Playground (2002)
34. Don't Look Back (1967)
35. The Spartans (2003)
36. 500 Nations (1995)
37. 500 Years Later (2005)
38. Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
39. Food, Inc. (2008)
40. Freakonomics (2010)
41. GasLand (2010)
42. Gates of Heaven (1978)
43. Gaza Strip (2002)
44. Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006)
45. The Gleaners & I (2000)
46. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
47. Good Hair (2009)
48. Grizzly Man (2005)
49. Guns, Germs and Steel (2005)
50. Hell House (2001)
51. Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
52. Hoop Dreams (1994)
53. How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009)
54. Human Planet (2001)
55. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
56. Inside Deep Throat (2005)
57. Invisible Children (2006)
58. I.O.U.S.A. (2008)
59. Jesus Camp (2006)
60. Pumping Iron (1977)
61. Lake of Fire (2006)
62. Life and Debt (2001)
63. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
64. Man on Wire (2008)
65. March of the Penguins (2005)
66. Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006)
67. Microcosmos (1996)
68. Mojados: Through the Night (2004)
69. Murderball (2005)
70. No End in Sight (2007)
71. Paper Clips (2004)
72. Paragraph 175  (2000)
73. Paris is Burning (1990)
74. Planet Earth (2006)
75. Powaqqatsi (1988)
76. Restrepo (2010)
77. Religulous (2008)
78. Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2001)
79. Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman (2006)
80. Salesman (1968)
81. Sans Soleil (1983)
82. Scared Straight! (1978)
83. Shoah (1985)
84. Sicko (2007)
85. The Silent World (1956)
86. Spellbound (2002)
87. Stop Making Sense (1984)
88. Super Size Me (2004)
89. This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
90. The World at War (1973-1974)
91. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
92. Trekkies (1997)
93. Touching the Void (2003)
94. Waiting for 'Superman' (2010)
95. Wall Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
96. War Dance (2007)
97. Through the Wormhole (2010-Present)
98. Wasteland (2010)
99. Wheel of Time (2003)
100. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)